Click here or 'view gallery' to see more pictures of the new London Gateway Admittedly it was a huge, world-class, building site: the country's largest dock development, as the Prime Minister lyrically described it, "larger than the Olympic Park, cranes taller than the London Eye, a port that will handle three and a half million containers a year".
"The Puck is a world-class building and deserves the proper consideration before being modified," the statement said.
That silence speaks volumes in east London, where officials mourn not just the loss of much-needed sports facilities but the chance to kickstart regeneration with a world-class building.
"This is a major milestone in the project to provide a world-class building to house the V&A museum of design Dundee," he said.
Mike Galloway, director of city development at Dundee City Council, said: "Securing planning permission and the subsequent publication of the tender documents takes us closer towards constructing a world-class building that will have an international impact.
Spencer said "To develop a world-class building, you need to get people high up in the air".
He works with clients and design professionals to create world-class building projects that interconnect architectural design with ecological intelligence.
It trusts that developers will build world-class buildings, and that we'll sort out the public realm as we go.
Nevertheless he engineered other world-class buildings, working extensively with Norman Foster, with whom he became good friends.
The partners say they will consider new options for the site, close to the Merseyside Maritime Museum, and envisage "world-class buildings", including a museum and possibly a theatre.
Steve Smith, vice-chancellor, University of Exeter Over the past decade, European structural funds have enabled the University of Exeter to offer world-class buildings and facilities, and internationally renowned research activities at our campuses in Penryn and Truro in Cornwall.
